P. Chidambaram Quotes

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• Congress is not a party which fades when not in power
• What we will become depends on us
• Criticism of a policy is welcome. But in the garb of criticizing a policy, if you allege that the policy was made for corrupt purposes,…
• All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.
• A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.
• Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling.
• Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.
• I don't think we should label budgets even before the budget is presented.
• I respect the view of a rating agency, but I do not make a budget for the rating agency. I make a budget for the…
• I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.
• If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take were taken when the Congress was…
• In income tax, there is no case for amnesty.
• Independence is a very subjective assessment.
• It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.
• Let me tell you, very frankly, when I went to the Harvard Business School I was more or less a committed socialist.
• People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.
• Police can only act on intelligence.
• The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government.
• The voter does not vote only on one issue, the voter votes on a multiplicity of issues.
• Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating.

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